Carlos Slim closes an agreement with Mexico City to rehabilitate the collapsed metro

Grupo Carso, owned by the Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, announced on Wednesday a “reparatory agreement” with the Government of the Mexico City to rehabilitate Line 12 of the subway that collapsed in May, although he shed the responsibilities of the fatal accident.

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In a statement sent to the Mexican Stock Exchange, Carso reported that its subsidiary CICSA “Today, a collaboration agreement and a reparation agreement were signed with the Government of Mexico City and the Collective Transportation System to carry out rehabilitation and reinforcement works of the elevated metallic section of the Metro line 12”.

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The company revealed that the works will consist of “repairing the collapsed section” between the Olivos and Tezonco stations, as well as the “reinforcing the elevated metal section” built by CICSA in 2013 to implement “more robust standards in structural safety” for the purpose of the 2017 earthquake.

The construction company explained that the execution of these works “will be the responsibility” of the capital’s government and its technical advisory committee.

He also clarified that CICSA “It did not cause or is responsible for the unfortunate event of May 3 on Line 12 of the metro”, and recalled that the line “is operated and supervised independently” by the capital metro since the consortium formed by the CICSA companies, ICA and Alstom delivered it in 2013.

The tragedy occurred on May 3, when an elevated bridge collapsed between the Line 12, in the Tláhuac mayoralty of the Mexican capital, so the wagon was stranded in the shape of a “V”, leaving 26 dead and a hundred wounded.

An independent report commissioned by the Government of Mexico City from a Norwegian company concluded that the accident was due to a “structural failure” of the construction.

The capital’s prosecutor’s office presented this week the first 10 complaints against those allegedly responsible for the accident, among which Enrique Horcasitas, former director of the Metro Project, who proposed the construction of the line, stands out.

The metro tragedy has caused a political earthquake because it splashes on Chancellor Marcelo Ebrard, capital mayor when the metro was built, and the current head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, both candidates from the ruling party to succeed President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in 2024.

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